Dovercourt (provincial electoral district)

Dovercourt was the name of a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed from the 1926 election to the 1999 election. When it was established, it bordered Brockton on to the west, York South to the north, and Bracondale on the east. Lake Ontario was its southern border for most of its existence. At its abolition in 1999, it consisted of that part of the city of Toronto bounded on the north by the former city limits, on the east by Bathurst Street, on the south by Bloor Street and on the west by the CN Railway and St. Clair Avenue. It was redistributed into Davenport, St. Paul's and Trinity—Spadina ridings.

Dovercourt
Ontario electoral district
Dovercourt in context with the other Toronto ridings in 1926.
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1925
District abolished1996
First contested1926
Last contested1995

Members of Provincial Parliament

Dovercourt
Assembly Years Member Party
Prior to 1926 part of Toronto Southwest and Toronto Northwest ridings[1]
17th  1926–1929     Samuel Wright Conservative
18th  1929–1934
19th  1934–1937     William Duckworth[nb 1][nb 2] Conservative
20th  1937–1943
21st  1943–1945     Progressive Conservative
22nd  1945–1948
23rd  1948–1951     George Eamon Park Co-operative Commonwealth
24th  1951–1955     David Kerr Progressive Conservative
25th  1955–1959
26th  1959–1963     Andy Thompson Liberal
27th  1963–1967
28th  1967–1971     Dante De Monte Liberal
29th  1971–1975     George Adam Nixon Progressive Conservative
30th  1975–1977     Tony Lupusella[nb 3] New Democratic
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990     Liberal
35th  1990–1995     Tony Silipo New Democratic
36th  1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[2]
Merged into Davenport, St. Paul's and Trinity—Spadina ridings after 1999

Election results

1926 boundaries

1926 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[1][3][nb 4] Vote %
    Conservative Samuel T. Wright 6,240 67.3
    Liberal Angus Gillies 3,033 32.7
Total 9,273
1929 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[4] Vote %
    Conservative S.T. Wright 4,511 67.9
    Liberal Robert D. Stanley 2,131 32.1
Total 6,642

1934 boundaries

Toronto riding boundaries after 1934 redistribution
1934 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[5] Vote %
    Conservative William Duckworth 9,253 41.1
    Liberal J.M. Darymple 8,874 39.4
    Co-operative Commonwealth Thomas Cruden 4,196 18.6
    Labour James Reid 217 1.0
Total 22,540
1937 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[6][nb 5] Vote %
    Conservative William Duckworth 10,647 49.2
    Liberal Robert Leslie 8,066 37.3
    Co-operative Commonwealth John Kelly 2,508 11.6
    Labour John Berry 273 1.3
    Liberal Progressive Robert Harding 154 0.7
Total 21,648
1943 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[7] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative William Duckworth 7,080 44.0
    Co-operative Commonwealth Fred Dowling 5,049 31.4
    Liberal Cyril Young 2,516 15.6
    Independent-CCF George Granell 1,441 9.0
Total 16,086
1945 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[8] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative William Duckworth 11,507 46.6
    Co-operative Commonwealth W.R. Lucas 6,676 27.0
    Liberal Harold Locke 5,320 21.5
Labor–ProgressiveE. Morton1,1934.8
Total 24,696
1948 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[9] Vote %
    Co-operative Commonwealth Eamon Park 12,244 48.2
    Progressive Conservative William Duckworth 9,186 36.2
    Liberal O.H. Dunn 3,977 15.7
Total 25,407
1951 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[10] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative David Kerr 8,566 39.0
    Co-operative Commonwealth Eamon Park 8,110 36.9
    Liberal Pat Roach 5,298 24.1
Total 21,974
1955 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[11] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative David Kerr 6,242 36.1
    Co-operative Commonwealth Eamon Park 5,867 33.9
    Liberal Harold Lockie 4,639 26.8
Labor–ProgressiveGeorge Jackson5613.2
Total 17,309
1959 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[12] Vote %
    Liberal Andrew Thompson 5,308 35.1
    Progressive Conservative David Kerr 4,948 32.7
    Co-operative Commonwealth Gordon Brennan 4,418 29.2
Labor–ProgressiveJ. Jackson4693.1
Total 15,143
1963 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[13] Vote %
    Liberal Andrew Thompson 6,919 45.7
    Progressive Conservative Lawrence Odette 4,794 31.6
    New Democrat John E. White 3,443 22.7
Total

1966 boundaries

1967 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[14] Vote %
    Liberal Dante DeMonte 6,184 44.0
    New Democrat Otto Bressan 4,598 32.7
    Progressive Conservative Kay Armstrong 2,841 20.2
CommunistBruce Magnuson4263.0
Total 14,049
1971 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[15] Vote %
    Progressive Conservative George Nixon 6,227 34.7
    New Democrat Steve Penner 6,172 34.4
    Liberal Dante DeMonte 5,130 28.6
CommunistWilliam Stewart4342.4
Total

1974 boundaries

1975 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[16][17] Vote %
    New Democrat Tony Lupusella 5,748 41.8
    Progressive Conservative George Nixon 4,385 31.9
    Liberal Agosto Venier 3,013 21.9
CommunistWilliam Stewart5003.6
    Independent Hugh Yearwood 91 0.7
Total
1977 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[18] Vote %
    New Democrat Tony Lupusella 7,289 48.0
    Progressive Conservative George Nixon 4,294 28.3
    Liberal A. David MacDonald 3,097 20.4
CommunistWilliam Stewart3722.4
LibertarianMaureen Cain1330.9
Total 15,185
1981 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[19] Vote %
    New Democrat Tony Lupusella 5,309 37.4
    Liberal Gil Gillespie 5,088 35.8
    Progressive Conservative John Burgana 3,386 23.8
    Independent Vince Comero 258 1.8
CommunistMel Doig1641.2
Total 14,205
1985 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[20] Vote %
    New Democrat Tony Lupusella 6,672 39.5
    Liberal Gil Gillespie 6,373 37.7
    Progressive Conservative Joe Palozzi 3,557 21.0
CommunistGordon Massie2981.8
Total 16,900

1987 boundaries

1987 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[21] Vote %
    Liberal Tony Lupusella 10,138 50.3
    New Democrat Ross McClellan 9,184 45.6
    Progressive Conservative Norm Panzica 500 2.5
LibertarianD'Arcy Cain3301.6
Total 20,152
1990 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[22] Vote %
    New Democrat Tony Silipo 10,966 54.1
    Liberal Tony Lupusella 6,894 34.0
    Progressive Conservative Allan Brown 1,272 6.3
GreenNorman Allan5812.9
LibertarianFred Lambert5662.8
Total 20,279
1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes[23] Vote %
    New Democrat Tony Silipo 9,049 47.2
    Liberal Maria Dasilva-Skultety 5,561 29.0
    Progressive Conservative Malcolm Mansfield 3,560 18.6
GreenShelley Lipsey3902.0
    Independent Amani Oakley 261 1.4
    Natural Law Erica Kindl 179 0.9
LibertarianDouglas Quinn1610.8
Total 19,161

References

Notes

  1. In 1938, the title of Member of the Legislative Assembly was officially changed to Member of Provincial Parliament. Previously, it was unofficially used in the media and in the Legislature.
  2. The Conservative party changed their name to Progressive Conservative before the 1943 election.
  3. On December 17, 1986 crossed the floor to sit as a Liberal.
  4. 55 out of 65 polls reporting.
  5. 153 out of 161 polls reporting.

Citations

  1. Canadian Press (1926-12-02). "Ontario General Elections and By-elections, 1923-1926". The Globe. Toronto. p. 7.
  2. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Samuel Wright's Legislative Assembly information see "Samuel Thomas Wright, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
    • For William Duckworth's Legislative Assembly information see "William Duckworth, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
    • For George Park's Legislative Assembly information see "George Eamon Park, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
    • For David Kerr's Legislative Assembly information see "David McMaster Kerr, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
    • For Andrew Thompson's Legislative Assembly information see "Andrew Ernest Joseph Thompson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
    • For Dante De Monte's Legislative Assembly information see "Dante Matthew De Monte, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
    • For George Nixon's Legislative Assembly information see "George Adam Nixon, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
    • For Antonio Lupusella's Legislative Assembly information see "Antonio Lupusella, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
    • For Tony Silipo's Legislative Assembly information see "Tony Silipo, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
  3. "Sweep by Tories Returns 15 Wets in Toronto Seats". The Toronto Daily Star (Last Extra edition). Toronto. 1926-12-01. p. 1.
  4. "Vote Cast and Personnel of the New Ontario Legislature". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1929-10-31. p. 43.
  5. "Detailed Election Results". The Globe. Toronto. 1934-06-21. p. 3.
  6. "Ontario Voted By Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1937-10-07. p. 5.
  7. Canadian Press (1943-08-05). "Ontario Election Results". The Gazette. Montreal. p. 12.
  8. Canadian Press (1945-06-05). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 5. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  9. Canadian Press (1948-06-08). "How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 24.
  10. Canadian Press (1951-11-22). "Complete Ontario Vote". The Montreal Gazette. Montreal. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  11. Canadian Press (1955-06-10). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  12. Canadian Press (1959-06-12). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 26. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  13. Canadian Press (1963-09-26). "78 in Tory Blue Wave -- 23 Is All Grits Saved". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 25. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  14. Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Tories win, but..." The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. B2. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  15. Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
  16. Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
  17. 109 out of 113 polls reporting.
  18. Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
  19. Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  20. Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  21. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.
  22. "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
  23. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Archived from the original on 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
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